Neurons involved in nitric oxide-mediated cGMP signaling in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 419, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 422-438

  Zayas, Ricardo M ^a   Qazi, Sanjive ^a   Morton, David B ^b   Trimmer, Barry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Insect; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLUID TRANSPORT; HEART OUTPUT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; WORM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANDUCA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034678877     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000417)419:4<422::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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